THC News

Here you will find the latest news about THC's activities including
the publication of releases and papers, news about members and
information about interesting events THC members are participating
in. Last but not least there are also some fun and weird news from
the net, that might interest you.
Check back often to stay informed.

THC is proud to announce the SIM Toolkit Research Project. We are
looking for talented people. The goal is to uncover secrets of the SIM
card and learn how it really works.http://wiki.thc.org/gsm/simtoolkit

THC is proud to announce that the GSM Software Project and the A5
Cracking Project are featured in the German press (computer magazine
c't). A 2 page article explaining the goals and techniques of both
projects is published this monday. An online version of the article is
available below. It's an Open Project! Join us today!http://www.heise.de/ct/07/24/090/

Dear visitors, dear fans and supporters of THC. As a consequence of
the new German law on 'hacking tools', THC (The Hacker's Choice)
decided to re-structure its team and split into a German and Freeworld
division. German members will not continue to develop and distribute
THC releases and papers, which might be illegal.
To give the German members a place to express their opinion and post
news, we initiated a German THC website.http://germany.thc.org

The CCC Camp07 GSM Software Project and A5 Cracking Project Talk
is available. First half of the talk is an introduction into GSM
interception. Second half presents a new method for cracking the
GSM encryption A5/1. This is a new attack that can crack any
encrypted channel (SMS, Voice) within 3-5 minutes regardless of
how long the conversation is (e.g. can crack a telephone
conversation that only lasts 4 seconds).
The final version of this attack will be presented at
DeepSec/Austria in November.http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8955054591690672567&hl=en